Message Forum: Re: We should all fight about split infinitives again

Re: We should all fight about split infinitives again

Posted By: Mousie, on host 64.236.243.31
Date: Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 12:53:23
In Reply To: Re: We should all fight about split infinitives again posted by Issachar on Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 08:05:14:

> > Also, who ever thought the phrase was "spit and image" anyway? Not that either way makes any sense at all, but...
> >
>
> The original expression is actually "spirit and image", which makes much more sense: "Billy is the spirit and image of his grandfather."
>
> I imagine the progression went something like:
> spirit and image
> spirit'n image
> spirrt'n image
> spit'n image
> spitting image
>
> Iss "ptuo!" achar

Is that anything like:

comfortable
comf'rtable
comfrt'ble
comftrble?

Mou"just checking"sie :-P

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Message:	> > > Also, who ever thought the phrase was "spit and image" anyway? Not that either way makes any sense at all, but... > > > > > > > The original expression is actually "spirit and image", which makes much more sense: "Billy is the spirit and image of his grandfather." > > > > I imagine the progression went something like: > > spirit and image > > spirit'n image > > spirrt'n image > > spit'n image > > spitting image > > > > Iss "ptuo!" achar > > Is that anything like: > > comfortable > comf'rtable > comfrt'ble > comftrble? > > Mou"just checking"sie :-P
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